But the Ice Age designers (Skaff Elias, Jim Lin, Dave Pettey and Chris Page) spent a great deal of time crafting Necropotence
Furthermore, its attack also makes the opponent discard one energy card from their active Pokmon, meaning that it can occasionally make the opponent unable to attack on the following turn
At a Regional Championship Qualifier, I once won a game by casting two of these on the opponents end step while they had 10 life a fitting anecdote for keeping in mind what burn spells can be capable of in their best moments
With additional ways to stack poison counters, the deck pushes toward a fast, inevitable victory
That said, we have a bit of room we can maneuver with
While he doesn't have any evasion or activated abilities to speak of, he does have one replacement effect that makes him very, very powerful: if a creature attacking triggers a permanent you control, the trigger is doubled